Hanna Vollenhoven

Hanna van Vollenhoven (c 1894 – 1972) was a Dutch composer and pianist who later moved to America, where she lived until her death. She is best remembered today for composing and performing music for player piano rolls.

Vollenhoven was born in The Hague. She studied music at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Julius Roentgen, Louis Coenen, Hugo Riemann, and later with Leopoold Godowsky. Her European debut as a pianist was in 1909.[1] In 1915, she visited America and made her American debut with the Chicago Symphony.[2] Soon after, she withdrew from her position on the Netherlands Committee for Arts, Science, and Friendly Relations to pursue music full time in America.

Vollenhoven initially lived in Tarrytown, New York, and in Weehawken, New Jersey,[3] while working in New York City. She played piano in Winthrop Ames' production of "Pierrot the Prodigal" and gave solo recitals, advertising performances of "modern and ulta-modern composers such as Chabrier, Debussy , Roger , Scriabine and Lambord" for her 1917-18 season.[4] She also wrote at least one article, A Visit with Richard Pitrot, for the Musical Monitor in 1921.[5]

Vollenhoven composed and played at least two piano pieces for the De Luxe Reproducing Roll Corporation: The Thought of You and Viennese Waltz.[6] She also played her composition Mon Reve, and possibly other pieces, for Welte Mignon piano rolls.[7] In 1927,  Vollenhoven and Vaughn De Leath (the "Radio Girl") recorded Vollenhoven's composition The Night Before Christmas for Edison Records (#52131).[8]Vollenhoven married Allen Hamilton Vories, Jr., in 1933,[3] but continued publishing under the name "Hanna van Vollenhoven." Her music was published by the Boston Music Company,[9] Casa Ricordi,[10] G. Schirmer Inc., and Winthrop Rogers Ltd (now Boosey & Hawkes) .[11]

Her compositions included:

Operetta

Piano

Mon Reve (My Dream)[13]

Old Netherland Folksongs [14][11]

Thought of You[15]

Viennese Waltz [6]

Vocal

"Hear Me Speedily, O Lord"![16]

Hymn (for youth choir)[6]

"Joyous Meditation" (text by Gibbs Hofmann; music by Vollenhoven[17]

"Love Me, I Love You" (text by Christina Rossetti; music by Vollenhoven)[18]

"(The) Night Before Christmas" (text by Clement Clarke Moore; piano accompaniment by Vollenhoven; sheet music illustrated by Grace Drayton)[9]

"Songs" (text by George Edward Woodberry; music by Vollenhoven)[14]

Star of the Renaissance: A Vision (cantata; text by Ray Bridgman; music by Vollenhoven)[10]

See also

References
  1. Cohen, Aaron I. International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  2. Smith, Charles Davis; Howe, Richard J. (1994). The Welte-Mignon: Its Music and Musicians. Vestal Press. ISBN 978-1-879511-17-0.
  3. Vollenhoven, Hanna. "ancestry.com". Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  4. The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1917.
  5. The Musical Monitor. Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Publisher. 1921.
  6. Corporation, De Luxe Reproducing Roll (1927). Library of Welte-Mignon Music Records. The Corporation.
  7. "Welte Mignon - Mon Reve - Comp. Hanna Von Vollenhoven - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  8. "Hanna Van Vollenhoven". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  9. Ockerbloom, John Mark (2018-12-24). "Public Domain Day advent calendar #24: The Night Before Christmas (recitation with music and drawings) by Hanna van Vollenhoven and Grace Drayton". Everybody's Libraries. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  10. "Rider University Library / All Locations". sierra.rider.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  11. Piet hein: Netherland folk-song, Boston; New York; London: The Boston Music Company ; G. Schirmer ; Winthrop Rogers, Ltd., 1919, OCLC 779473104, retrieved 2021-02-04
  12. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1954). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1953: January-June. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
  13. Brandenburg, A. H. (1926). The Enjoyment of Music. De Luxe Reproducing Roll Corporation.
  14. Vollenhoven, Hanna (18 Dec 1933). "The Birmingham News (Alabama)". Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  15. Sitsky, Larry (1990). The Classical Reproducing Piano Roll: Pianists. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-27313-1.
  16. Elliott, Lisa (1 May 2020). "Sacred Song Sisters: Choral and Solo Vocal Church Music by Women Composers for the Lenten Revised Common Lectionary". Digital Scholarship Univ Edu. Retrieved 29 Jan 2021.
  17. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1968). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  18. "Hanna Von Vollenhoven - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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